A Labor senator who describes himself as a ‘non-practising’ Muslim says his friends would slaughter him if he left a pub without shouting a round of beer.
Iranian-born Labor powerbroker Sam Dastyari has weighed into a survey showing 51 per cent of Australians are fed up with mates who leave a bar without buying drinks for their mates.
‘If I don’t do it, my friends will slaughter me,’ he told Weekend Sunrise.
Labor senator Sam Dastyari, a cultural Muslim, says his mates would kill him if he didn’t shout
‘It’s even worse in the modern era. Instagram, Twitter, Facebook: Dastyari’s a tight arse. I have a reputation to protect.’
A year ago, the Sydney-based senator was sacked from Labor’s frontbench for being tight with money, after he asked a Chinese donor to pay a $1,670 travel bill.
As a backbencher who makes regular media appearances, the 34-year-old senator had plenty to say about the practice of ‘ghosting’ your mates at the pub.
‘Seriously, who gets burnt more than once?,’ he asked.
‘We’ve all seen this happen.’
Labor powerbroker Sam Dastyari (right) told Weekend Sunrise ‘ghosting’ at a pub was wrong
Andrew O’Keefe (right) pretends to be drunk with next to Sunrise co-host Monique Wright
Sunrise co-host Andrew O’Keefe, who was filmed in 2009 stumbling in a gutter outside a Melbourne nightclub, theatrically impersonated a tipsy drinker during the very non-political discussion.
‘By the time they get to the sixth round, they don’t remember,’ the Seven Network personality said.
Senator Dastyari rebuffed O’Keefe’s suggestion of handing out a $20 note if you have to leave and haven’t bought a round of drinks.
‘No, no. You buy the round,’ he said.
‘Your friends, I don’t know what your friends are like. If I don’t do it my friends will slaughter me.’
The Weekend Sunrise panel was discussing a survey of 1,000 Australians, commissioned by the Members Equity Bank showing 51 per cent of people don’t have a drink bought for them after they have shouted a round.
Labor senator Sam Dastyari says his friends would ‘slaughter him’ if he failed to buy drinks
Sam Dastyari (pictured in London) says he would never leave a pub without shouting drinks